Monday, November 12, 2007

The Good: It began so beautifully. An uncharacteristically fast start: 3-and-out for Pittsburgh, and a methodical TD march for us. Joshua Cribbs - again - had another ridiculous game on special teams. There’s your AFC Pro Bowler, kids. An actual defensive lineman got a sack! The first-half defense bent but never broke. A 21-6 lead at one point. But the second half...

The Bad: ...was a completely different story. The pure, unadulterated contents of a septic tank. Ben Roethlisberger, limping around like the oldest invalid in America, made play after play. With his fucking legs.

The Ugly: I think Pittsburgh just converted another 3rd-and-18. Hey Phil, if you draft anything but defense next April, go jump in the Cuyahoga. After it's been set on fire. I'll bring the matches. Disgraceful. Depressing. The blood is angry today.

Up next: at the fucking ex-Browns who once won a fucking Super Bowl with players drafted by a fucking legendary ex-Brown. Fuck you Art Modell wherever you and your coked-up son are holed up. Asshole. And fuck you Ray Lewis and your tiresome Gladiatorschtick. We get it. You're a bad mofo. Now, stop living off past glories. You're not even the best fucking linebacker on your team anymore. Fucker.

I can at least respect the Steelers, even if I fucking loathe their continued success against us. The Rooneys voted against the move. But Baltimore? Fuck you.

17 comments:

I'm not gloating about the Chicago Bears, even if they did win a game yesterday...with that fucking Grossman as QB. Watching it actually made me laugh for some reason. I guess because it's such an oddity this year.

POP, go ahead. Now that the Packers have a running game, we all know that they're the NFC favorites. :)

Mary Ellen, I'll give their defense a pass this year because they've had a lot of injuries, but when you KNOW you have no QB and don't go and get one, THEN trade the wrong RB, well, Jerry Angelo has no one to blame but himself.

And I appreciate the concern for my sobriety, but I was actually being a good son today and helping my folks out. No booze involved. :)

Because the glitzy, shallow entity that is the Dallas Cowboys franchise angers the football gods who wish for the small town, down home charm of Green Bay, Wisconsin to emerge victorious! Substance over style!

Actually, Dallas is playing better than I thought they would. I wasn't sure about Romo, but he's definitely legit. Bastard.

I share your football woes this season. I am a Chargers fan and after three years of dominating (and I mean DOMINATING) my fantasy football league), I am in dead last this year. Ugh. Rough football year. Thank God I actually love the game of football itself! :)

I'm painfully aware of last year's meltdown, believe me!! :) But at least then, my fantasy football team was dominating and my alma mater was responsible for a couple of great upsets. Yes, having the last pick in my fantasy draft this year, my key scoring "threats" are Willie Parker and Wes Welker. What does that tell you? Haha.

Yeah, I too like that middle pick. It has done right by me for several years. But getting the last pick is tricky. I am a RB girl. I stick by the old school drafting philosophy that you get your RBs early (which has always worked very well for me). And that was fine but I needed to adjust my other picks according to that dreaded last pick but didn't do so very effectively. In the past, I've always been pretty bold and explorative with picks but you really shouldn't be with the last pick! :) Ah, but the beauty of fantasy football is that truly, nothing is really a given, is it?

Yeah, D.A. is for real. Many Beaver fans were skeptical of his play here at the college level but his fellow teammates often told me that despite such criticism, he defintely possesses NFL potential, and they were right. But yes, a good QB and offense makes up only half the game. :)